Can You Hear My Mother Crying?

They told her she couldn’t raise me. They told her it would be wrong to keep me.

Who could know that? How could they say those things? She would eventually succumb to the pressure and sign me away. Sign herself away from me. The accountability for what was lost falls on her and them but they will not suffer the punishment and sorrow she will endure.

Our Vision

To engage with the community, service providers and governments to promote and enhance education on validation of our motherhood – late 1950’s – early 1970’s - new modern medical outlook policies relating to young unmarried pregnant girls introduced in Victoria May 1958.Read More...

Interview held at Parliament House after the Senate Report of the Inquiry into the Commonwealths role in Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices, and was handed down. Peter cries with Max as Max discovers the possibility that his mother may have LOVED him, after reading a newspaper report stating many mother's had their baby illegally removed against their will.

The Catholic Diocese of Sale, Victoria published this article recognising forced adoptions in this article on page five in their publcation Catholic Life April 2017.

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Irish Mothers placed an Irish flag on a picture of our memorial of CHERISHED MOTHER AND CHILD and published it in support of mothers in Australia and to show Irish Mothers this International Historical Event.
IRM placed an Australian flag at the monument in Sale, with an Irish Leprechaun in honour all Irish Mothers and show our support for their struggle for justice.